Packing case



Feb. 27, 1923. 1,447,038.

H. H. READ.

PACKING CASE. FILED JULY 21. 1 92.

Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

' nanny- HAROLD REA-1) rsoxrno CASE.

t0..provide improved means for preventing pilfering during transit, of goods in the packing cases. bound with strips of hoop iron. I According to this: invention hoop iron binding strips aresecured around a packing case in grooi es in the body of said case, by means ofr ets,nails wirefor the like, .hereinafter called fasteners, the outer ends of said. fasteners being searled to said strips by' soldering or the like. i

' Preferably the binding strips are secured to the sides and to the bottom of the packing case by nails or bifurcated rivets the heads of which lie inside said case-and the outer ends of which are bent over the binding strip and sealed thereto with solder.. "hen the lid of the case has'been placed in posit-ion and securedby usual 1neans, the ends of the binding strips are bent over so as to lie in grooves in the surface of the lidrand are secured therein by means of loops of wire passing through the lid and around said strips, the ends of said loops being subsesquently twisted together and soldered over,

and to the binding strip. If desired the binding strips may be soldered together at their points of intersection or contact in order to increase thestrength and safety of the arrangement.

Furtl'ier, and-in order-to render the'case the more secure strips may be disposed in grooves transversely of the ends of the packingcase, such additional strips being" secured to the bottom and end of the case by fasteners such as nails. or bifurcated rivets. the heads of which lie inside said case and the outer ends of which are treated as above set forth. The ends of each of such additional strips should be long enopgh to be bent. over and lie in grooves in the bottom and lid of the case so as to extend across and be sealed to the adjacent strips which passes around the sides of the case;

The invention will be described with refor LonDON, EnGLnNn-f 1 erencei to ithe accompanying which 'b l gure 1 is,:,a-

er'specti e View. of

apaclnng caseand F gure 2 rs-air enlarged.-.

fragmentary section ,on: the; 1 line a Q Q; Q Figure 1'. ln Figurep l, the; bindlngygstrl at oneendiare shown withwireloopfastens I 4 ers whilst those at. theg other; end are shown I itlrnailonrivetfasteners, an 's me,of;the. .q nails for. retann gtl eybmdmg strips are-1,65:

shown unsealed. "The sides '(i, a', and endaresecured together and to t-he c ontrgous edges of. thebottom': 0. .by.,.; means of; na ls y (l orthe. like the; usu al anannerlanda pair;

grooves-c, 1s ,o'ut' 1n the outerflflof. parallel faces of the sides a, sa d, grooyes e, e runn th 'e faces of thegcase; QA; pair} of' transv'erse}.

grooves} f, fiiis. *cut' in "eachofa;the; outer faces of the en ds bib and said; grooves, f, {75. are contnmedftomeet the-fgroorese, can;

the bottom (3; and the sides a, a.

Ineach of the, groovesqe, e and f is disposed a strip'of hoop iron g, g, g 9 i secured to the case by means of nails hbifu'r-i cated rivets or wire loops 'j passing through the sides a, (Land ends 5, b orbottomfc with the heads or central portions as thecase I maybe on the inside oft-he case andhavlng theiiiouter ends bent over and sealed to the corresponding strip 9 by'ineans of solder as atJc.

Atreacl'i end 2') one of the strips gi hasits ends each passed under and bent around the adjacent strip on the correspond-ingside a 9 1 and the bottom end of the other strip is similarly securedto the bottom portion of the strip g. v lVhen the case has been packed for transit the top on is'puton and secured if desired to the contiguous edges of the'sides a, wand ends 7), Z) by means of nails nor theilike. and grooves '0, oand p, p are formed on the outer face of the top m to correspond re spectively with'thegrooves as and f 7, the

jacent groove 0. 1 I

The free ends of the strips g, 9 g? in the grooves e, 'eand f, f are bent over grooves p, 71 extending only to-meet the ad- "so as to lie in thecorresponding grooves 0, 0 and p, p and to overlap one" another-and said strips 9,9 and g arethen secured to the top 'm by means Ofwireloops a passing through the top; or andjbeing bent around said strips. The free ends-of each -.110 p wire loop s are then twisted together andsealed tofthe corresponding strips g o-r'g drawings;- of 1. i

as at t. The overlapping-ends of the strips 9 and-g are apertured and secured to the top m by a bolt 9 and nut r and are also soldered over as at u.

At the point where the ends of the strips g, g and g meet the groove may be enlarged and a quantity of solder or the like sufficient to receive the impressionof a seal may be deposited on the joint as at u.

If desired, the edges of the case maybe surface-bound in the usual manner with strips or hoop iron or the like secured by means of the nails (Z' and n, the ends of each strip being soldered together, and short pieces of hoop iron or the like may be secured and sealed by their respective ends to adjacent strips g and the edgesurface binding strips in the manner previously described.

I claim 1. Closing means'for a packing case, consisting of hoop iron or like binding strips securedto and around said case in grooves in the body of the case by means of fasteners disposed at intervals along the lengths of said binding strips, the fasteners passing through the case from the inside outward and having their outer ends sealed to said strips by soldering or the like.

2. Closing means for a packing case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the binding strips are secured to the bottom and sides of the'case by fasteners the heads of which lie inside said case and the outer ends of which are bent over the binding strip and sealed thereto with solder, and to the lid of the case by wire loops passed through said lid, the free ends of each of said loops being strips are soldered or otherwise sealed together at their points of intersection. I

Closing means for a packing case as claimed in claim 2, wherein the binding stripsa're soldered or otherwise'sealed together at their points of intersection.

'6. Closing means for a packing case as claimed in claim 3', wherein the binding strips are soldered or otherwise sealed together at their points of intersection.

HENRY HAROLD READ. 

